Most Popular Baby Names in 1888

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	John	9,247
2	William	8,705
3	James	5,562
4	George	4,912
5	Charles	4,591
6	Frank	3,459
7	Joseph	2,993
8	Robert	2,814
9	Harry	2,759
10	Henry	2,596
11	Edward	2,470
12	Thomas	2,449
13	Walter	2,040
14	Arthur	1,710
15	Fred	1,665
16	Albert	1,569
17	Clarence	1,022
18	Samuel	931
19	Louis	884
20	Roy	856
21	David	801
22	Charlie	796
23	Joe	789
24	Willie	786
25	Benjamin	781
26	Richard	772
27	Ernest	766
28	Will	707
29	Carl	675
30	Earl	675
31	Oscar	647
32	Jesse	637
33	Andrew	615
34	Sam	607
35	Daniel	566
36	Ralph	547
37	Alfred	536
38	Paul	529
39	Elmer	527
40	Howard	513
41	Peter	498
42	Frederick	496
43	Herbert	485
44	Grover	474
45	Raymond	469
46	Michael	466
47	Ben	463
48	Lee	430
49	Tom	416
50	Lewis	412

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	11,754
2	Anna	4,982
3	Elizabeth	3,224
4	Emma	3,087
5	Margaret	2,904
6	Minnie	2,654
7	Bertha	2,450
8	Florence	2,444
9	Ethel	2,374
10	Bessie	2,278
11	Clara	2,230
12	Ida	2,229
13	Alice	2,202
14	Annie	2,188
15	Grace	2,090
16	Helen	1,847
17	Mabel	1,830
18	Ella	1,774
19	Martha	1,769
20	Sarah	1,755
21	Nellie	1,736
22	Edna	1,687
23	Lillian	1,656
24	Carrie	1,647
25	Laura	1,624
26	Pearl	1,591
27	Rose	1,590
28	Gertrude	1,468
29	Edith	1,453
30	Frances	1,452
31	Cora	1,433
32	Maude	1,396
33	Louise	1,334
34	Eva	1,329
35	Myrtle	1,310
36	Hattie	1,298
37	Jennie	1,298
38	Julia	1,292
39	Mattie	1,268
40	Marie	1,258
41	Lillie	1,249
42	Catherine	1,212
43	Jessie	1,200
44	Lula	1,173
45	Lena	1,162
46	Ada	1,116
47	Elsie	1,112
48	Agnes	1,046
49	Josephine	1,001
50	Fannie	991